he's too pretty. >> i knew right off the nobody is supposed to be guilty until proven innocent this this country. >> why don't we document water and see if it floats. >> enough. let's vote.ady. >> i will be voting no on judge kavanaugh. >> with a s hate vote justrs away, judge brett kavangh releases a tell-all on his emotional testimony where he went after the clintons among others and the title? "i am an independent impartial judge clm. >> then to a scene all too familiar these days, parents and coaches getting out of control during a kids peewee football game. >> to the devastation in indonesia where relief supplies are desperately nded for survivors and emergency responders of the quake and tsunami. >> a consumer alert over ground beef that has sickened dozens in

at least 16 statements. >> and actor ben affleck comes clean in a revealing message and thank you following 40 days in rehab. "early today" starts right now. >> still great being back with you on this friday morning. i'm frances rivera. >> look who we have here. great to have you ck. >> helping out a little bit our friends at msnbc so if you don't see me at this desk, doing the shuttle back and forth between studios. >> you have been immersed in the trump and kavanau >> lot of headlines, lot of head lines we're covering. >> borrow those videos sometime? >> bk for that friday. >> what do you say we get started with the entree here the critical first test for the senate as it takes its initial full vote on whether toonrm judge brett kavanaugh to the supreme court. a final vote could come as soon astomorrow. senators spent thursday reviewing the fbi's report on kavanaugh. republicans saying it shows no corroboration of the sexual miscondu misconduct allegations against him. statement reiterated in executive summary of that report. democrats areng insis this

report was an incomplete sham. >> some critics also raising concerns about kavanaugh's temperamen during his testimo last week. now among them retired justice john paul stevens. >> he has demonstrated a potential biasol ing enough potential litigants before the court that he would not be able perform his full and i think there is merit in that criticism and that theho senatorsd really pay attention to it. >> kavanaugh addressing h temperament in the "wall street journal" op-ed writing, i might have been too t emotional ates and i said a few things i should not have said. i hope everyone can understand th i was there as a son, husband and dad. still, plic opinion opposition remains strong with protests across d.c. leading to 302 arrests. among them amy schumer whon participated a sit-in on the

floor of the senate building. we get more p now from nbc'ser alexander >>eporter: those protesting o the supreme court against brett kavanaugh. >> shut it down. shut it down. >> kavanaugh has g to go. >> reporter: tensions on capitol hill, too, where they are blasting the fbi background n. investigatio these women confronting utah republican orrin hatch. >> don't you wave your han at me. i waived my hand at you. >> will you grow up? >> you gro up. >> reporter: all day senators filing into a secure room reserved for classified briefings. getting their first look at the fbi's findings that will likely determine kavanaugh's fate. two crucial republican senators seemed satisfied with the report. susan collinsea saying it a to be a very thorough investigation and >> jefjeff flag who called for the investition saying it offered no corroboration. saying heidi heitkamp is

announcing her decision. >> i will be voting no on judge kavanalih. >> repns saying the findings vindicate kavanaugh. >> for goodness sake this is the united states of america. i nobody supposed to be guilty until proven innocent. inhis country. >> so why don't we dunk him in water and s if he floats? enough, enough already. let's vote. y> reporter: democrats slamming the five investigation as intentionally restricted and co lete. >> democrats agreed that the investigatn scope should be limited. we do not agree that the white house should tie the fbi's hands. >> i'm not allowed to discuss it. the public can't see it. it's a complete sham. >> reporter: in total, fbi agents contacted ten potential witnesses, interviewing nine. among those not interviewed, kavanaugh andis accuser christine blasey ford whose allegations he denies. ford's legal team denouncing what they call the, quote, investigation as a stain on the process, on the fbi, and o our american ideal of justice.

t> can the white house say to americans right nt they did a thorough job of vetting these claims? >> anybody that pushes back on the fact that dr. ford wasn't given a mle opportunity te her case and state her case has been living in a cav off air er: getting force one in minnesota, president trump greeting supporters and praising his pick. >> i think he's doing very the judge is doing well, right? >> yeah. >> peter alexander for that report. >> and all eyes will be on few critical undecided senators in this morning's vote. with the senate split, 51 republicans to 49 democrats, the gop can only afford to lose one vote with e tie breaker going to vice-president mike pence. could one undecided d up tipping the scales? nbc's tcie potts tell us how it could go down. tracie, who are the senators w should watch today? >> reporter: four people you need to watch, the one undecidej democrat yout saw, joe manchin of west virginia, he had

said that he wanted to see the results of this investigation. they are now out. he, ihe sides with republicans, could tip the scales here. you're llsoking at senators susan collins, lisa murkowski, and jeff flake. all republicans who have said that they were undecided on this nomination and wanted to see the outcome of the investigation. now, we haven't heard from murkowski, but we have heard from collins and flake after they viewed the resul flake saying he didn't see anything here that corroborated these allegations. and senator collins saying she did think that the fbi investigation was thorough. now,hat's not a vote, but it does indicate that they may be leaning towards supporting judge kavanaugh in this nomination. if that's the case, it could be up to lisa murwski and joe

manchin to decide whether or not this nomination goes forward. >> we'll be reading tea leaves all day long, tracie, thank you. >> it is a race against time in indonesia as crews des frately sear survivors one week after the country was hit by an earthquake and tsunami. the death toll continuing to climb overnight. officials now say over 1500 were killed in the disaster. let's go to our london bureau where nbc's saraharman is standing by with the latest. sarah, that number is expected to rise even more. >> hi, frances. that's right. it's almost certain to rise untrtunately because in p one week on, we still don't know the fate of many people who were trapped in the more remote outlying the focus now is turning fromch seg for survivors to recovering bodies. it seems increasingly unlikely that anyone is going to be pulled out of this ubblealive. our teams on the ground in palu have been watching ireasingly desperate search efforts.

yesterday a french rescue ngam was digt a collapsed hotel in palu. the team believed eteyted a survivor who was trapped in the rubble. their ssors pickedp what seemed to be a heartbeat. however, they had to stop digging as night fell and when they returned in the morning, there was no longer any heartbeat they could find. it isdelieved aro 40 people are still missing from that hotele. al there are signs of progress, though, however slow. electricity has been t restored palu. some businesses have reopened. an aid is trickling -- excuse me, trickling in. indonesia's vice-pres'sent says oing to take at least two years to rebuild. guys? >> wow, all right. sarah, thank you for the update. >> caught on camera, a youth football game erupting in a violent brawl init virginia. wasn't the players fighting. it was the adults. it is hardly the first time we've seen coaches and parents having badly on th field. here's nbc's kristen dahlgren with more. >> rorter: a post-game handshake gone terribly wrong. the coaches' fists flying.

ant all-ou brawl in front of 9 and 10-year-olds. steven sauliers posted this video, grown men fighting at a peewee football game. please make this go viral. > i want these coaches to se hey, look, your players are looking at your actions. look what you've done. >> reporchr: the c apologizing for the poor display of sportsmanship in front of those w were expected to mentor. >> hey, hey, hey. >> reporter: it is an isolated t inci. the problem so pervasive referee brian bar low started this website posting videos of parents behaving badly. >> when people see themselves, they change their own dynamics. >> reporter: the hope that v videos like this one might get parents to act their age. kristen dahlgren, nbc news. >> first lad melania trump is in kenya this morning, the third stop of her solo trip to africa. mrs. trump spent the earlier part of the day visiting with some baby elephants at nairobia

natiark even taking time to feed one of them. she will visit an orphanager laoday and expected to attend a theater performan with first lady margaret ke in, yata. >> videos up load today social media, roads looked like rushing rivers submerging cars along the way. unfortunately thihasicilian city 't seen the end of the downpour. more severe weather is expected leand an issued. >> something we'll be talking about with nbc meteorologist bill karins. some pop up showers and storms, right? >> a lot ofain over the weekend. snow in minnesota, a big contrast between the northern plains and what's happening in the midful tdle of the country all the warmth and heat. we have a slight risk of flash flooding. the area south of madison is a moderate risk of flash flooding. look what happens through sunday . rainfall eotalsimate from our computers over the next three days, this area of pink

that's 4 inches o rain from wichita to just west of oklahoma thty and wichita fall to lubbock. will be the area of concern over the weekend. that's a look at the big weather story of the day. now here's a closer look at your day ahead. a look at the temperatures, only in the 40s for highs in fargo, duluth, look to the south, mid-'80s from st. louis to kansas city south ward. many feels like summer areas. look at little rock today, 90. memphis 91. over the weekend some people will be grabbing the jackets, other people will be wearing the flip-flops. big contrast. >> lot of us are split these days. bill, thank you. >> patriots star tom brady showed us why he is one of if not the greatest quarterback in nfl history. la night again indianapolis brady became thehird quarterback only between brett favre and peyton manning he made the 500th pass ttouchdown,re

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nbc's miguel almaguer has the latest. popularter: the most athlete o planet, soccer r cristiano ronaldo may be facing the biggest challenge of his life off the field. the 33-year-old sidelined from portugal's national team as he facesll a rapeation in the u.s. >> she suffers depression, major depression. >> reporter: last of all, the attorney for katherine mallorca says his client was raped after drinks and dancing at the palms casino in 2009. a civil suit claims he pulled her into the bedroom and exual ted to engage in intercourse. she said she was sodomized screaming, no, no, no, >> in our legal system, you can't give her back what she's lost. i wish we could say what o occurr june 13th, 2009, did not occur. >> reporter: with vegas police reopioing the investig in

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capitol hill u.s. senators are ready to vot on the most controversial supreme court nominee in years. >> good morning. >> it has been a wild 24 hours in the district and the ride could get even crazier. at 10:30 this morning, the first vote on theavanaugh confirmation will be held. e hundreds of protestors w arrested at the capitol. among those taken into custody comedian amy schumer. she iseled to chuck schumer andee has an outspoken critic of brett >> we'll begin with a check on your commute as well as weather. but first let's turn to storm team 4 chuckbell. another warm one chuck? >> not as warm as ye merday. wee 90 degrees yesterday at national airport. it will not be tha warm again today. that being said it's an